options for canadian citizen who is part time student at US university?
Jul 1st 2002, 11:20 pm
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options for canadian citizen who is part time student at US university?
My brother is a canadian citizen, residing (and working) in windsor ontario, and is a
parttime student at the university of detroit. He is nearly finished his MBA
(requires two more courses). Apparently, the U of D has informed him that they no
longer accept part time foreign students, and he has not been allowed to register. So
in effect, he has been screwed out of the time and money he has spent working on his
degree (unless he can transfer credits to a canadian school.)
Are there any options he can explore, in terms of getting status to finish his degree
at the U of D? Any ideas?
Unfortunately he cannot continue the degree at the local university since they do not
offer a compatible program (or at least that is my understanding).
thanks, bob stockwell
parttime student at the university of detroit. He is nearly finished his MBA
(requires two more courses). Apparently, the U of D has informed him that they no
longer accept part time foreign students, and he has not been allowed to register. So
in effect, he has been screwed out of the time and money he has spent working on his
degree (unless he can transfer credits to a canadian school.)
Are there any options he can explore, in terms of getting status to finish his degree
at the U of D? Any ideas?
Unfortunately he cannot continue the degree at the local university since they do not
offer a compatible program (or at least that is my understanding).
thanks, bob stockwell
Jul 2nd 2002, 2:20 pm
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Re: options for canadian citizen who is part time student at US university?
Robert,
The technical rule under U.S. immigration has always been that a Canadian could not
attend university in the U.S. part time. However, they never enforced that rule and
many people along the border commuted and took classes in the U.S.
INS is now tightening its reigns and is implementing a zero tolerance policy.
Therefore, little thinngs they overlooke3d before are now being enforced, such as the
part-tiem student.
Could your brother simply apply full-time for one more semester to earn his degree.
If he does not need the extra credits, maybe he could drop those courses ans still
receive his money back? I am not sure if that will work, but it may be worth
investigating.
I think the psoition your brother has been put in is extremely unfair. His chool
is probably upset as well (loss of out-of-state tuition). Are they willing to step
in and help?
Regards,
Andrew M. Wilson, Esq. Serotte, Reich & Seipp, LLP [email protected]
Robert Stockwell <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> My brother is a canadian citizen, residing (and working) in windsor ontario, and is
> a parttime student at the university of detroit. He is nearly finished his MBA
> (requires two more courses). Apparently, the U of D has informed him that they no
> longer accept part time foreign students, and he has not been allowed to register.
> So in effect, he has been screwed out of the time and money he has spent working on
> his degree (unless he can transfer credits to a canadian school.)
>
> Are there any options he can explore, in terms of getting status to finish his
> degree at the U of D? Any ideas?
>
> Unfortunately he cannot continue the degree at the local university since they do
> not offer a compatible program (or at least that is my understanding).
>
> thanks, bob stockwell
The technical rule under U.S. immigration has always been that a Canadian could not
attend university in the U.S. part time. However, they never enforced that rule and
many people along the border commuted and took classes in the U.S.
INS is now tightening its reigns and is implementing a zero tolerance policy.
Therefore, little thinngs they overlooke3d before are now being enforced, such as the
part-tiem student.
Could your brother simply apply full-time for one more semester to earn his degree.
If he does not need the extra credits, maybe he could drop those courses ans still
receive his money back? I am not sure if that will work, but it may be worth
investigating.
I think the psoition your brother has been put in is extremely unfair. His chool
is probably upset as well (loss of out-of-state tuition). Are they willing to step
in and help?
Regards,
Andrew M. Wilson, Esq. Serotte, Reich & Seipp, LLP [email protected]
Robert Stockwell <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> My brother is a canadian citizen, residing (and working) in windsor ontario, and is
> a parttime student at the university of detroit. He is nearly finished his MBA
> (requires two more courses). Apparently, the U of D has informed him that they no
> longer accept part time foreign students, and he has not been allowed to register.
> So in effect, he has been screwed out of the time and money he has spent working on
> his degree (unless he can transfer credits to a canadian school.)
>
> Are there any options he can explore, in terms of getting status to finish his
> degree at the U of D? Any ideas?
>
> Unfortunately he cannot continue the degree at the local university since they do
> not offer a compatible program (or at least that is my understanding).
>
> thanks, bob stockwell
